Isn’t it interesting how difficult it is for mankind to get to that place of intimacy with the Lord and then to stay there? Adam had no problem with that. It’s what he was created for. He was one with God, made in His image. Whatever he needed to accomplish just happened naturally as that life flowed through him. He was created for fellowship with God, not because God needed a caretaker for the garden. It was all about relationship.

But somehow, after the fall, our enemy has twisted things around backwards. Now we think that our significance comes from our performance. We think that in our effort to perform, we will gain God’s favor and therefore relationship with Him. It is a lie.

Enoch seemed to be the first to recapture that close fellowship with God once again. He hungered for what Adam had lost. In Genesis chapter 5 we see the list of genealogies. By simply doing the math we find that Adam and Enoch had more than 300 years together. Adam must have told Enoch much about the garden and the Presence of God. (If this presents theological problems, see my posting from July 16, 2012 Created for Both Realms – The Enoch Experience, where I deal more with this subject.) So much hunger was created in the heart of Enoch that he pursued God above all else … and found Him. He walked with God so closely that one day he just “was not, for God took him” to Heaven without even experiencing death. (Gen.5:24) This was not just a miraculous contradiction to all the rules. It was recorded for an example to us. That kind of relationship is still available. And consider this – Enoch did not live in days of Heaven on earth when everyone around him walked with God. It was only 3 generations later when Noah was born. By that time mankind had become so evil that God had to destroy them all except for Noah and his family. (Gen. 5,6) Enoch lived in very dark times but his hunger and thirst for God dominated his life so much that he would not give up until he regained what Adam had lost. This is not a dream. This is real and very much available … at great cost. We must desire Him above all else. He is the goal. He is worth much more than all we must overcome to find that place of intimacy and live there. He is the reward.

Can you relate? Are you so thirsty for more of God that sometimes you think you’ll die if He does not come and quench the thirst that He has placed within you? And when He does come and touch you, you find that you are left satisfied yet longing still. This is because there is always more of Him to find, to pursue. He satisfies your heart and also expands it at the same time so that you are able to hold more of Him.

God’s heart cries out for intimacy with us once again as in the beginning. Listen carefully now for His voice deep within your spirit. He is calling your name. Just say yes and run into His open arms.